JPH01311649A - Facsimile store and forward device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform distribution to a desired facsimile equipment by issuing a distribution request from a telephone set by providing a distribution control means which transmits a message by issuing the message based on the identification information of the facsimile equipment of a distribution destination. CONSTITUTION:When distribution request information is sent from the telephone set 200, an acceptance means 1 accepts and holds consecutive number information that is information to specify a desired message by a DTMF(dial tone multi-frequency) signal, the identification information of the facsimile equipment of the distribution destination, a distribution request indication code, and charged destination information. The distribution control means 2 takes out a picture signal corresponding to a consecutive number from an accumulation means 3, and performs outgoing based on the identification information of the facsimile equipment of the distribution destination, and transmits the picture signal. In such a way, it is possible to perform the distribution of the message to the facsimile equipment at any desired place by issuing indication from the telephone set even at the place separated from the facsimile equipment.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to a facsimile storage and forwarding device that performs distribution to a desired facsimile device in response to a request from a telephone company. .

(Prior Art) In a conventional facsimile storage and forwarding device, whether or not to distribute is determined during communication with a facsimile device. For example, if a polling function is provided, a message is sent only to the terminal that has requested delivery by inquiring of the destination facsimile machine whether there is a delivery request or not. In addition, if the information box function is provided, the message in the information box is transmitted to the facsimile device only when there is a delivery request from the facsimile device to which the specific information box is assigned.

For this reason, the recipient of the message must be near the facsimile machine and set the specified information in order to receive the message, so the recipient must call from his/her place of work and use the facsimile machine installed at the place from which he or she will return. The facsimile machine cannot be used to receive facsimile transmissions, and it is extremely inconvenient when you are not near the facsimile machine in case of an emergency.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, in the conventional facsimile storage and forwarding device, it is decided whether or not to distribute data during communication with the facsimile machine. A problem has arisen in that when the user is not nearby, the delivery cannot be made to the desired destination, which is extremely inconvenient.

The present invention was made to solve the problems of conventional facsimile devices, and its purpose is to provide a facsimile storage and forwarding device that can make a distribution request from a telephone and have the distribution performed to a desired facsimile device. It is to provide.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention includes a storage means for storing messages sent from a facsimile machine, information specifying a desired message based on a received DTMF signal, and a facsimile machine at a destination. a receiving means for receiving delivery request information including identification information; and a facsimile machine of a delivery destination that retrieves a message from the storage means based on the information identifying the message received by the receiving means, and receives the message by the receiving means. A facsimile storage and forwarding device is constructed by including a delivery control means for transmitting the message based on the identification information of the facsimile storage and forwarding device.

(Function) According to the above configuration, when the telephone transmits delivery request information including information identifying the message and identification information of the delivery destination facsimile machine using a DTMF signal, this information is accepted and the message is It will be sent to a facsimile machine.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the IT invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a communication system including a facsimile storage and forwarding device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 200 is a telephone that sends a DTMF (dial tone multifrequency) signal; 3001
~300. is a facsimile machine. These are connected to facsimile storage and forwarding device 100. The facsimile storage and forwarding device 100 includes a communication control section 101 and a magnetic disk device 102. The communication control unit 101 includes a channel unit 111 and a CP having functions such as incoming call detection, transmission, and modulation/demodulation.
It includes a U112, a main memo 13, a tone generator 114, a copier 115, an I10 port 11&, and a DTMF signal receiver 111. In the facsimile storage and forwarding device 100 having such a configuration, the facsimile device 3
When a message (image signal) is transmitted from 001 to 300o, the channel unit 111 detects the incoming call and
The P IJ 112 sends and receives control signals according to a predetermined transmission control procedure based on the program in the main memory 113, receives the image signal, and sends it to the magnetic disk device 102 via the I10 port 116 for storage. At this time, a serial number is assigned and managed by the facsimile device 300 or the facsimile storage and exchange device 100 in units of communication.

On the other hand, when distribution request information is sent from the telephone 200, as shown in FIG.
Serial number information, which is information that identifies the desired message by signal, and identification information of the destination facsimile machine (may be a dial number or a separately determined identification number)
, a distribution request instruction code, and fee burden information (sender's identification number, password, etc.). Upon reception by the reception means 1, the distribution control means 2 retrieves the retained information and detects whether the image signal corresponding to the serial number is stored in the storage means 3. If it is detected that the image signal is stored here, the distribution control means 2 retrieves the image signal corresponding to the serial number from the storage means 3, sends a call based on the identification information of the destination facsimile device, and the destination facsimile device responds. In this case, the image signal is transmitted. Here,
The storage means 3 corresponds to the magnetic disk device 102 in FIG.
It is included in 01.

Below, using the flowchart of FIG.
The operation when a distribution request is made by 0 will be explained. The program of this flowchart in FIG.
3 and is executed by the CPU 112. The system is booted, starts, and the CPU
112 imports data (401). At this time,
When distribution request information is transmitted from telephone 200,
The channel unit 111 automatically detects the incoming call, and the CPU 11
2 is communicated.

The CPU 112 detects whether the call is from a telephone based on whether a control signal according to the transmission control procedure of the facsimile device can be received within a predetermined time (402), and if the call is not from the telephone 200, it proceeds to other processing (403); If the call is from a telephone, the DTMF signal receiving unit 117 receives the signal and receives information as a result of the reception (404).

Check whether the received information includes predetermined information (whether the password or identification number is correct), etc. (405), and control the tone generation unit 114 based on the check result to confirm OK.
Either a tone is sent out or an NG tone is sent out (406, 407>> The channel section 111 is controlled to disconnect the line (40B).

Note that the information received in step 404 is stored in a working area within the main memory 113.

Next, in order to distribute the signal to the facsimile machine of the delivery destination, the CPLJ 112 detects an empty channel (409). When an empty channel is detected, it stores the identification information of the delivery destination ( dial number)
is given to the channel section 111 to cause it to transmit (410), and at the same time, it searches the magnetic disk device 102 based on the serial number, detects the corresponding image signal, and waits (411).
, when the other party responds (412), I10 port 1101
It is encoded and compressed via the copier 115 and transmitted from the channel unit 111 (413).

The CPLJ 112 detects whether or not the extraction of image signals for one communication from the magnetic disk device 102 has been completed.
), when the process ends, the channel unit 111 is controlled to disconnect the line (415) and the process ends.

In this embodiment, a desired message is specified by a serial number, but this serial number can be known, for example, by contacting the sender. Alternatively, the message may be identified using the password of the user's personal box instead of the serial number. Further, when the information on the distribution destination is an identification number, a memory table may be provided in the main memory 113 to search for a dial number corresponding to the identification number. In addition, although we have used a tone to notify whether or not the distribution request from the telephone [200] has been accepted, a voice synthesizer may be installed to notify by voice, and if the request cannot be accepted, the user will be prompted to re-enter the request. Good too.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the facsimile storage and forwarding device receives distribution request information by a DTMF signal from a telephone, and extracts a corresponding message based on information specifying the message of the distribution request information. Since the message is sent based on the identification information of the delivery destination in the delivery request information, even if you are in a place where there is no facsimile machine, you can have the delivery performed to the facsimile machine at the desired location by instructions from your telephone. It is possible and extremely convenient.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a communication system including an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of an embodiment of the present invention. It is. 1...Reception means 2...Distribution control means 3...
-Storage means 100...Facsimile storage and exchange device 101...Communication control unit 102...Magnetic disk device 111...
・Channel section 112...CPU 113...Main memory 114...Tone generation section 115...Cooperation unit 116...I10 port 117...DT
MF signal receiving section 200...Telephone 30() 1~300o...Fukushima Jno device agent Patent attorney Nori Chika Ken Yudo Sanno - Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] a storage means for storing messages sent from a facsimile device; a reception means for receiving distribution request information including information specifying a desired message based on a received DTMF signal and identification information of a destination facsimile device; distribution control means for extracting a corresponding message from the storage means based on the identifying information, transmitting the message based on the identification information of the destination facsimile machine accepted by the receiving means, and transmitting the message; A facsimile storage and forwarding device characterized by comprising: